I harvested Joe Pye Weed from the native cut flower project for the first time on Wednesday, July 15. It was planted last year. We put flowers representing three stages of development in vases to observe vase life. Stage 1 is closed buds, Stage …

We fertilized the cut flower plots yesterday. Using an organic fertilizer with analysis 4-1-4 we applied 2 cups per 30 square foot plot and 1 cup per peony and per shrub (woody cuts). We also applied 2 cups acid fertilizer …